Moving To A Poor Country To Be An Online Pro

WVHillbilly · Feb 18, 2010

If you can't move up to where they respect your raises, move to where the respect your belly fat.

Makwa · Feb 18, 2010

Pothole said:
Goats, sheep and drugs is more on point.

OzExorcist said:
[X] Now toasting in an epic bread IMO

Chiefer said:
Move to Ogdensburg NY. The average income here is 15K.

WVHillbilly said:
If you can't move up to where they respect your raises, move to where the respect your belly fat.

If it moves, ban it!!

If fat enough, get the nice alligator wallet before eating it!!

Ya we got an online pro living down the beach LOLOL

Sean Pilgrim · Feb 18, 2010

Makwa said:
If it moves, ban it!!

If fat enough, get the nice alligator wallet before eating it!!

Ya we got an online pro living down the beach LOLOL

Makwa ... I think there's a freeroll in Ethiopia!

bazerk · Feb 18, 2010

slycbnew said:
Expanding on Oz's post.

Just cuz cost of living is less does not mean that you can afford to live on the average, or even 50% above average, income level for that nation. I spend less on household/normal expenses than I would in the US, but not so much less that I could afford to live off of $1500/mo (which is above the average income here). Average income earners here do not have DSL connections, land line based telephones, air conditioning, computers, etc. They don't go out to dinner, they don't go out to see a movie, it's too expensive - even though these things are much cheaper here than in the US.

Unless there's a reason to live in the country outside of cost of living (you like the culture, or there's something else about it that you love, I know alot of passionate water sports people here who live here cuz of that), you'll miss things from home. Stable electricity for one (nothing more irritating to me these days than being in a big pot online and having the power cut out).

Oh, and while many things are less expensive than back home, some things are MORE expensive than back home. Electricity, water, telephones, ISP's, books, and electronic products (i.e., computers, cameras, etc.), to name a few, are all more expensive here than in the US.

There's a large Filipino population in San Diego -- some of my friends have often spoken of returning 'home' because the cost of living is lower there? They've indicated one could very comfortably live on USN retirement while having a cook, housekeeper & chauffer in addition to the island just being beautiful? Perhaps they have an advantage since they can shop @ the Commissary & Exchange though?

slycbnew · Feb 18, 2010

bazerk said:
There's a large Filipino population in San Diego -- some of my friends have often spoken of returning 'home' because the cost of living is lower there? They've indicated one could very comfortably live on USN retirement while having a cook, housekeeper & chauffer in addition to the island just being beautiful? Perhaps they have an advantage since they can shop @ the Commissary & Exchange though?

Very accurate on any good retirement plan, USN retirement benefits I'm sure will cover that. Used to be even easier, but the US dollar tanking the last few years has had an impact...

Pyrodc · Feb 19, 2010

I live in South Africa and play on 2 sites: Fulltilt and Piggs Peak. If I make the same deposit in USD on both sites, my BR on Piggs peak is 7.5 times my BR on Fulltilt.

Just something to think about...

only_bridge · Feb 19, 2010

slycbnew said:
Very accurate on any good retirement plan, USN retirement benefits I'm sure will cover that. Used to be even easier, but the US dollar tanking the last few years has had an impact...

Very nice, until you need open heart surgery, and licensed medicin.

Aqqachar · Feb 19, 2010

You can move if you have a big house and a car in that country....otherwise i would stay in the UK.

FEARFACTOR · Feb 19, 2010

I would move to another country if I could live like a King.

It's good to be King.

Then again, if an Ace flops, you're in trouble, so never mind.
I'll stay here.

AtiFCOD · Feb 19, 2010

Xavier said:
Would you consider moving to a poor country where everything is ridiculously cheap?

At the moment I am making roughly $1500 a month on online poker.
In the UK that doesn't amount to much but if I moved to some countries and earnt that I would be considered rich.

It could be interesting to move somewhere for a year or two.

Its really a funny thread. :smile:
Anyway.

You are a EU citizen, so you can live in any other EU country.
I would consider 3 options:
I know that UK has beautiful islands at very nice places (and France, Spain, Nederland have many too - all EU countries). I would make inquiries about them.

If you can make 1.5K sure, you could live in Hungary too. It's a very nice country with beautiful girls, 4 seasons, no poisonous snakes, spiders, no eathquakes, vulcanos, hurricanes, cunamis, tornadoes.

Only floods sometimes near rivers and idiot/corrupt politicians.
The problem is the language. Hungarian is one of the most difficult languages for foreigners. They usually keep their accents (especially french and russians).

Thailand is an other option. But that's a very poor country with bad infrastructure.

Donkus Maximus · Feb 19, 2010

Is it possible?
If you got a teaching job in China or the Thailand and could still make the 1500, life could be sweet. But could you teach and play? I dont know. On the other hand, you could have a sweet life on 1500 a month in many places for a year or so. If it was like the equivalent of taking a year out, it might be doable. But if thats the case, why not just save your poker winnings for a year, and then spend the actual year having fun and not needing to win at poker to fund your living expenses?

Dogfish44 · Feb 19, 2010

No f'kin way dude!!

I can see your point to an extent... yes the exchange on US$ would seem profitable in itself if moving to a poorer country, but you did state that you're an online player? Have you checked out the broadband speeds (if any) of some of the so called 3rd world countries?... it RUBBISH!!

Sk8surf · Feb 19, 2010

lol love this post

ya i love the eating rats coment lol maybe you could eat what ya kill Donkey meat ? but why put yourself out for 1500$ a month just eat kraft dinner and hotdogs all month 1500$ should go futher lol

mig2169 · Feb 19, 2010

adventure is the name of the game and moving to a country where i would be considered a king would be some gread adventure. yes i would, and leave my wife at home. lol.

joeaugie · Feb 19, 2010

You going to have good internet connections there? You going to be able to get your money from your accounts? You going to have any friends/family there?

Think it through. Not worth it IMO.

ukaliks · Feb 19, 2010

OP y not try places in Europe where u dont have to apply for a visa? Places like Portugal + Spain arnt cheap but there somewhat nicer than England lol.
U've gotta weigh up the pro's and con's of moving to another country.

I've herd people joking around being a poker pro in places like Thailand. Cheap to live, lush weather but is it worth it trying to get a decent house/internet connection/cashing out to banks if u live in these somehwhat poorer countrys?

If i had the chance i'd go for Holland and abuse there coffee shops, but thats just me.

shiver · Feb 20, 2010

As for Wales they speak English all the time, they only speak Welsh when the English are around, not sure about other nationalities?
If you do decide on Wales and they suspect you are English they burn your house down.
Don't get me wrong, not all do the above, just most of them.

Ice Wolf · Feb 20, 2010

AceZWylD said:
LOL. I love this post.

I would never move to a country where $1500 is considered "rich". All this means to me is that I am living in a hay hut and feasting on field mice or road kill over a makeshift fire for dinner. I'm good living my modest lifestyle in a location where i'm comfortable and where there are all of the amenities that I could want and need. Gotta have my taco bell, micky d's, and charmin tp. no fig leaves for these butt cheeks!!!

Completely agree. This is kinda like saying, let me retire after 10 years of working and then move to a poor country where I could live out the rest of my life as a pre-industrial world middle class person. Just doesnt sound like that much fun to me but it is a pretty funny post.

CerberAcE · Feb 20, 2010

I would need to be 'consistently' winning twice my monthly salary to even consider it. But even then I would try and increase my monthly profits and just go to these places on long holiday trips (which wouldnt require playing poker while there!).

prepare · Feb 20, 2010

No poker is not money in the bag, yah sure you could make money but variance in poker could make you have to live poor in one of those countries.

I rather do a regular job, the only way your going to not make money is if you screw up or your be laid off, and there is not welfare in other countries, if your poor you could starve to death.

even if your good enough there are things you can not predict in other countries, I lived in a 3rd world country for 7 years and electricity goes off very much, I once went 3 months with no electricity and it was the capital city, I was not living in a village and the cost for internet is so high that you will have to win every month.

only_bridge · Feb 21, 2010

Ok, here are my advice:
1. Work up a good backup bankroll.
2. Find a fellow peer.
3. Go to a country such as China where you can always take a temporary job as an English teacher if you need to.
4. Try to combine it with studies, such as Spanish in Equador, och Chinese in China.
5. Go for it if you really want to. It will be an adventure for life.

Zybomb · Feb 21, 2010

slycbnew said:
Expanding on Oz's post.

Just cuz cost of living is less does not mean that you can afford to live on the average, or even 50% above average, income level for that nation. I spend less on household/normal expenses than I would in the US, but not so much less that I could afford to live off of $1500/mo (which is above the average income here). Average income earners here do not have DSL connections, land line based telephones, air conditioning, computers, etc. They don't go out to dinner, they don't go out to see a movie, it's too expensive - even though these things are much cheaper here than in the US.

Unless there's a reason to live in the country outside of cost of living (you like the culture, or there's something else about it that you love, I know alot of passionate water sports people here who live here cuz of that), you'll miss things from home. Stable electricity for one (nothing more irritating to me these days than being in a big pot online and having the power cut out).

Oh, and while many things are less expensive than back home, some things are MORE expensive than back home. Electricity, water, telephones, ISP's, books, and electronic products (i.e., computers, cameras, etc.), to name a few, are all more expensive here than in the US.

where is here?

marginal said:
Thats actually a lot, here it is like 1.50$ USD an hour and let me tell you, you can't even buy anything with that (probably a coke and a beef pie but nothing more)

Where is here?

slycbnew · Feb 21, 2010

Zybomb said:
where is here?

Where is here?

Philippines

Worak · Feb 21, 2010

I stead of moving elsewere I rather wait for germany to get poor soon.

Won't take very long imo.

-Though moving to the Philippines would be convenient since my girlfriends' parents live there (and are considered being rich fwiw)

-Or I go and stay in South Africa where my mom comes from (as is considered rich lol)

Steves22 · Feb 21, 2010

Yeh the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence until you get there. We have it very easy in industrialized nations. But there are some great people out in the world too.

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